Brookfield Township

Brookfield Township (HM2A7L)

Location: Brookfield Center, OH 44403 Trumbull County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 13.956', W 80° 34.084'

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In 1798, Judge Samuel Hinckley of Northampton, Massachusetts, drew the 72nd draft in the land lottery held by the Connecticut Land Company and received 15,305 acres in Township 4, Range 1, for which he paid $12,903.23, less than one dollar per acre. The area had been inhabited for many years by trappers, missionaries, and Native Americans. One of the earliest settlers was James McMullen, who acquired the first 160-acre parcel from Hinckley in 1801. Brookfield Township became the crown jewel of Hinckley's holdings. Hinckley named Brookfield after a city in England and set aside land for the village green and the cemetery stating that they were for public use forever. During the mid-1820s the Overland Stage Line had a run through Brookfield, linking it to Salem, Warren, and Youngstown in Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania and Dunkirk, New York. (continued on other side)

(continued from the other side) In 1823 a company of light infantry militia was organized in Brookfield under the command of Captain Willis Finzel and 1st Lieutenant Chad Bromley. It consisted of farmers who furnished their own muskets and dress uniforms and held drills several times a month, mostly on the village green. Brookfield remained mostly agricultural until coal was discovered in the 1830s. In the early 1900s, Frederick Masury manufactured



explosives in the southeast section of the township, which now bears his name. The business closed with the demise of the coalmines in 1930. Township change continued when Yankee Lake Village became incorporated in 1934 to allow for Sunday dancing. Today's Brookfield is a mixture of rural, residential, and industrial areas creating a good community in which to live, work, visit, and recreate, in the land first described by local Native Americans as "Menshadowa Crebo" meaning "Land of Many Springs."
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HM NumberHM2A7L
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Year Placed2005
Placed ByBrookfield Township Historical Society and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, August 10th, 2018 at 10:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 536198 N 4564668
Decimal Degrees41.23260000, -80.56806667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 13.956', W 80° 34.084'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 13' 57.36" N, 80° 34' 5.0400000000002" W
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Area Code(s)330
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 6927 Grove St, Brookfield Center OH 44403, US
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